Receipt.



R. C- LAURIER KLF. MONETTE.

RECEiPT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 5. 9H.

' 11 42,332 Patented June 8, 1915.

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RUBEN G. LAURIER ANDFRANGIS MONETTE, 01E MONTREAL' QUEBEC, CANADA.

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the city of Montreal, Canada,;have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receipts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to a receipt. i

In order to more clearly disclose the arrangement and use of the inventionreference should be had to the accompanying Thesingle feature ofthe drawings, is a perspective view of a pad of receipts. o

For convenience of illustration, We will assume that the receipt is being used on a line between Montreal and Levis, P. Q, and we will also assume that a conductor using the same is starting his trip from'Montreal and will come through to Levis, and then return from Levis to Montreal. Between Montreal and Levis the train will stop at the various stations (about 42 in number) indicated at the left hand edge of the drawing. Going in the opposite direction the train will stop at the same stations in re verse order, as will be obvious. At each station, passengers will probably get on and other passengers will probably get 013?. Likewise, there will be more getting on or off at some stations than at others. Likewise, a variety of classes of fares will be represented by the passengers at each station, probably, as well as by the actual total number of passengers.

It is desirable to show the starting point, destination, and class of fare of each passenger from whom a fare has been collected. To this end, a particular form or arrangement of-receipt is used. These receipts are preferably put up in pad form, and numbered consecutively, andv made of convenient size and length for the conductor to punch several particulars, as hereinafter described. Each receipt will have the names of the 42 stations beginning with Montreal (the starting point), and ending with Levis .(the end of the outward trip). Immediately to the right of the station names are a plurality of narrow vertical columns intersected by horizontal lines dividing off each station name. Each of these vertical columns is provided with a letter or word to indicate the class of fare, such Patented June 8, 13915.

Applicationfiled September 5, 1911'. Serial No. 647,720.

as, Mileage, Transfer, Childs fare G 0, Cash, Return, Second class, First class, Excursion, Commutation, Ten and trip and Pass, the last vertical columnhaving the numbers of stations starting'with Montreal 1, and ending with Levis 42.

Each receipt in the pad is an exact duplicate; of every other receipt of the same pad, except as to its serial number. Each receipt'is adapted to be used going in either direction, and starting at any station on the line. The lower portion of each receipt is divided from the body of the receipt by means of a line of 'a line having printed on the left-hand side thereof numbers equal to the number of stations on the receipt, and on the righthand side thereof the several letters or words designating the class of fare. These words are exactly the same asthose similarly used in the body of the receipt. The body of the receipt is designated for the conductors use to be kept by him, and turned in at the end of the trip, and may properly be called the conductors receipt. The remainder or lower portion is designed for the passengers use, and may accordingly be termed the passengers receipt.

We will assume that the conductor on his out-trip from Montreal to Levis has just collected one excursion fare from Montreal.

to St. Hyacinthe. To indicate the starting point and also the class of the fare, the conductor will punch the square opposite Montreal and excursion; and in order to indicate the destination on'the conductors receipt, he will punch the number 11 on the right-hand side of the receipt, thereby indicating that the passengers destination is St. Hyacinthe. To indicate the same facts on the passengers receipt, the conductor will punch the number 11 on the left-hand side as indicating the destination of the passenger, and Excursion to indicate the class of fare. If there should be any question as to the starting-point, this may be quickly determined by referring to the conductors receipt, bearing particulars of the same. In order to facilitate the conductor in locating the proper square, the

perforations or the like, whereby vit may be easily torn from the vertical spaces opposite each tenthlstation are numbered consecutively from -left--to-- which he used on thesingle trip, clearly-imdicating the number of fares for which he 7 is responsible.

7 ble parts only,

constitutes a passengers receipt, all the re We are awarethat it is not new to designate stationnames-by numbers on tickets; and this We do not claim. .We are also aware that it is not new to provide a broad sheet for a ticket having th'ree coupon sections, an information section and several additional sections, and We do not claim anything like this, preferring amore simple device. r

"What We claim as our invention is:

' An elongatedreceipt formin two divisithe lower end of which form mainder of said form constituting Marconductors receipt, these two'receipts'being trip the conductor shouldcorresponding series the; several kindsvof fares, the conductors receipt being also provided With a column act-station names arranged Withrespect to the column of fare designations so that a single punching action Will indicate both the starting point of the passengers journey and the kind of fare and another punching action will indicate the end of said journey, thepassengers ,slip being punched atone Hpointto indicate thevkind offareand at another to indicate the end V of thejourney. k g i Signed atMont'real-this 8th day of.Au gust 1911.

RUBEN-C. ,LAURIER,

respondingseries of station numbers'and of Words designating.

FRANCIS, QNE Q 7 A In the-presence ofa G. ETIENNE MIGNAUTH, ERNEST DANSEREAU.

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